Bridging the gap through ASL | Brief But Spectacular

Brandon Kazen-Maddox has been an ASL interpreter for a decade, for notables like Joe Biden and Lin-Manuel Miranda and Marlee Matlin, as well as for Broadway shows. Since moving to New York in 2017, his artful hands have been visible from “Aladdin” to Little Island, from the Shed to Shakespeare in the Park. He’s also in the process of creating “ASL Wild Party,” an ambitious adaptation of Andrew Lippa’s musical. “It will have the same music but I’m taking the lyrics away and replacing them with sign language.” He calls what he’s doing "American Sign Language Dance Theater.”
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